AM - was planning on my long run of 16 miles, with an 8 mile tempo at MP. I slept very poorly, and felt very tired this morning, but was still up to try the challenge. Forgot the Garmin again, was too tired to remember it. Went to the high school track. First four miles warmup, total time 33:32, average pace of 8:23/mile. Took a break, took some clif shot blocks, was wearing my 2-bottle fuel belt. Then I started the tempo - I ran this too fast to sustain for 8 miles, especially on about 4 hours of sleep. Ended up only doing 5 miles. My lungs were doing OK, but my legs were completely shot. Total time for the 5 mile tempo was 36:00 flat - average of 7:12/mile. This is probably too fast for my MP, based on my experience this morning - a more realistic goal is going to be 7:30/mile, which will still net me a 3:15. After the 5 mile tempo, took a break, then ran 4 more easy miles - average pace of 8:40/mile. Total distance of 13 miles. I am a little bummed, but will take it in stride. My body probably needs a little lighter mileage, and I think I am going to hold off on the tempo runs until after I hit 20 miles - I am just not ready for it. I may or may not get in a few more miles this evening to hit my original goal of 16 miles - depends on how I am feeling. | 